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Escherichia coli phylogenetic group determination and its application in the identification of the major animal source of fecal contamination.
BMC microbiology - 1 Jun 2010
Carlos Camila, Pires Mathias M, Stoppe Nancy C, Hachich Elayse M, Sato Maria I Z, Gomes Tânia A T, Amaral Luiz A, Ottoboni Laura M M
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BACKGROUND: Escherichia coli strains are commonly found in the gut microflora of warm-blooded animals. These strains can be assigned to one of the four main phylogenetic groups, A, B1, B2 and D, which can be divided into seven subgroups (A0, A1, B1, B22, B23, D1 and D2), according to the combination of the three genetic markers chuA, yjaA and DNA fragment TspE4.C2. Distinct studies have demonstrated that these...
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